Large fox thread .

[BenBhoy 4,706]

7 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

Cant read the tape but I see 2'!

 

[si brown 8,486]

49 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

Cant read the tape but I see 2'!

I’d be happy to see 2” on a cold night

this worked this out to be at least 43” so I’ll take a draw... I know where I dumped it but I’m fecked if I’m off to measure it now

[Rabid 1,936]

Best I had (wieghed) was a nadge shy of 23lb

[ianm 2,594]

Foxes need to be weighed really to get a true perspective of size. I have had a few nineteen pounders this year and one twenty but the longest was only about sixteen.

[BenBhoy 4,706]

Reynard lurcher that one! Have the longdog boys asking you what fraction of each breed goes into it!! 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

10 minutes ago, ianm said:

Foxes need to be weighed really to get a true perspective of size. I have had a few nineteen pounders this year and one twenty but the longest was only about sixteen.

Whippet cross that one.

[ianm 2,594]

11 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

Whippet cross that one.

Racing fox, it ran at white city.

[lllluke1 328]

I had a dog fox last year that I shot near the sheep scales and it weighed in at near enough 10kg, so near 22lbs.  Not sure how accurate his scales are though

[shovel leaner 7,648]

My guess is that it is largely down to genetics and diet . There are like people foxes that no matter how much good quality protein they ingest will never be giants . But get foxes that have a “ large fox” gene . And feed it a diet of lambs or chicken or piglets and you get these brutes . 
        I just googled the largest fox in the uk and it was 38lb , prior to that 26.5lb  . If we are playing the carp fisherman game , what weight qualifies as a specimen?

[Sausagedog 7,381]

I'm going to start a thread " the heaviest fox shooter". I might stand a chance in that comp if I can just beat stav

[BenBhoy 4,706]

12 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

I'm going to start a thread " the heaviest fox shooter". I might stand a chance in that comp if I can just beat stav

[Stavross 13,795]

4 hours ago, Sausagedog said:

I'm going to start a thread " the heaviest fox shooter". I might stand a chance in that comp if I can just beat stav

You might stand a chance now as I’m at my prime fighting weight, after Friday I’ll be full of Christmas so I’ll be reclaiming the title of heaviest fox shooter

[walshie 2,804]

The biggest fox I ever shot was a vixen in my garden. She wasn't particularly tall or long, and she wasn't fat, but her head and feet were massive and she weighed a ton. As it was only a few feet from my shed I got my fishing scales out to weigh her and she went 24lb. That's probably about twice what an average vixen weighs. 

This one was probably a similar weight but he was normal size frame and a right fatty. 

 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

1 hour ago, walshie said:

The biggest fox I ever shot was a vixen in my garden. She wasn't particularly tall or long, and she wasn't fat, but her head and feet were massive and she weighed a ton. As it was only a few feet from my shed I got my fishing scales out to weigh her and she went 24lb. That's probably about twice what an average vixen weighs. 

This one was probably a similar weight but he was normal size frame and a right fatty. 

 

Hang on....are these your fishing scales? The ones you've adjusted

 

 

 

 

 

The second one looks to cuddly to shoot

[ianm 2,594]

5 hours ago, walshie said:

The biggest fox I ever shot was a vixen in my garden. She wasn't particularly tall or long, and she wasn't fat, but her head and feet were massive and she weighed a ton. As it was only a few feet from my shed I got my fishing scales out to weigh her and she went 24lb. That's probably about twice what an average vixen weighs. 

This one was probably a similar weight but he was normal size frame and a right fatty. 

 

24lbs for a vixen is unbelievably big, yes twice the average weight.